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BROWNE, Thomas. The Works. London: Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, Tho. Sawbridge, Charles Mearn and Charles Brome, 1686.
2o (330 x 194 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Robert White, three engraved illustrations in text on Lll4v, Ooo3v and Ppp1r. Title printed in red and black, sectional titles, decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. (Small hole on Ccc1 affecting a few letters, Ggg4v/Kkk1r stained, few minor marginal repairs.) 18th-century panelled calf (rebacked, corners repaired); cloth slipcase. Provenance: C. Edmund Delbos (bookplate) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 28 May 1970.
First collected edition. "He is interesting almost exclusively to the student and lover of style" (Edmund William Gosse, Sir Thomas Browne). Grolier Wither to Prior 110; Keynes Browne 201; Wing B5150.
2o (330 x 194 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Robert White, three engraved illustrations in text on Lll4v, Ooo3v and Ppp1r. Title printed in red and black, sectional titles, decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. (Small hole on Ccc1 affecting a few letters, Ggg4v/Kkk1r stained, few minor marginal repairs.) 18th-century panelled calf (rebacked, corners repaired); cloth slipcase. Provenance: C. Edmund Delbos (bookplate) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 28 May 1970.
First collected edition. "He is interesting almost exclusively to the student and lover of style" (Edmund William Gosse, Sir Thomas Browne). Grolier Wither to Prior 110; Keynes Browne 201; Wing B5150.